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Oaks at Ft. Walton Beach Golf Club
Played On 01/01/2020Left the round early
My wife and I decided to play what we assumed would be a nice, relaxing round on New Year's Day to de-compress from the hectic holiday season- what occured instead was quite possibly the most miserable golfing experience of our lives.
The good: The club offers cheap buckets of balls ($2.00 for 30 isn't bad) with a nice wide open driving range, and they give everyone a nice little booklet that outlines each hole and gives tips to play. That is- unfortunately- the last good thing I have to say about this place.
What transpired was nothing short of the most agonizingly rude round of golf I have ever had the misfortune of participating in. There was no marshall out so we kept being hit into by players behind us (we were not playing slow, but this was our first time on this course and everyone knows that that can cause a little bit of a delay.) Additionally, the group ahead of us was playing quite slow, but as etiquette dictates, we waited until they players were at least making their approaches to tee off on the 5's and long 4's.
That is not the courtesy afforded us by the players behind us. At one point, while we were trying to putt, one person litereally hit onto the green then proceeded to huff and puff when i turned around to see where that had come from (I thought "there is no way this came from someone behind us, must have been a lucky chunk from another hole" NOPE). So we let them play through, whatever. This proceeded to happen 3 more times. Groups behind us literally teeing off while my wife was making her 2nd shot. We ended up letting multiple players play through (also, I have never in my life seen so many single players, why dont they make them group up to regulate pace of play? Oh that is right- no Marshall).
Other things that we witnessed: random non-player walkers who just stood along the fairways like spectators, a guy who was just randomly playing holes willy-nilly where it looked like he could jump in, brown and threadbare greens, broken bathrooms, and an over abundance of wannabe pros who clearly just got new clubs from Santa and were trying to show everyone on the course how big their britches were. To top it off a group on an adjacent hole picked up my ball, pocketed it, and drove off even as I hollered at him.
We finally called it quits after thr 8th hole, but because they don't have cart paths throughout, we got lost trying to return to the clubhouse.
Overall, the setup of the course is nice and open. Interesting water features, and the greens fee desk employees were nice enough when checking in. We will likely never return to Ft. Walton again but if we do, we certainly won't be playing here again.
Scenic Hills Country Club
Played On 12/31/2019Great, fun course with friendly staff
This course obviously sees a LOT of action, but the fairways are in good shape considering- you can tell they keep it up nicely. Greens were in great shape, if slow, and the overall layout was pretty forgiving.
The best thing about the course, by far, is the staff. Skip, the marshall for the day was a delight. So friendly to talk to and just a joy to be around. Rick, another staff member, was also so nice and helpful. Even the cart attendant was very kind and funny.
We loved our time here and will be back whenever we return to Pensacola.